[Am-info] True-Type fonts "gone!"

[Fred A. Miller]

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Quote from slashdot:

"Microsoft Typography has for years provided a set of very nice True-Type=
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fonts for free-as-in-without-monetary-cost, including the excellent Andal=
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Mono (the only scalable fixed-width font I really like). They are gone. H=
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is the Microsoft page where they formerly were, which now tersely explain=
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that they're not available any longer. There is an article about this on=20
extremetech. According to the article, Microsoft says the withdrawal of t=
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fonts at about the same time as the LinuxWorld is coincidence. The articl=
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also references a Debian package that has been removed from the distro=20
because of this. If I understand my rumours correctly, it was a package t=
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downloaded the fonts from MS, displayed their EULA, and allowed the user =
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extract and install the fonts. It was possible to do the same thing using=
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other distros. Guess it's time for the OSS people to make some decent-loo=
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scalable both-screen-and-printer fonts (preferably TrueType). At minimum,=
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need nice-looking serif proportional (to replace Verdana), a sans=20
proportional (to replace Georgia), and a mostly-sans fixed (to replace An=
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Mono), all with good language support. This should have been done a long =
time=20
ago, since the MS fonts were, albeit $0, not licensed in an open fashion.=
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always knew we were relying on MS Typography's generosity, and that these=
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could disappear at any time. But now the need is more urgent."=20

The 2 referred websites can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm
http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=3D30079,00.asp

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If you listen on a quiet nite you, can hear
the sound of a Windows 2000 Server reboot.
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